Carol and I returned on May 11 from vacation with another couple in Italy. Postings will resume as soon as I get organized with my mind and luggage unpacked. Great to be home and we had a fabulous trip.
Carol and Gayle spent a week in language school in Lucca brushing up on their Italian skills while David and I toured the town in the mornings. In the afternoons we traveled to various spots near Lucca including Carrara and Colonatta, Viareggio, Vinci, and Pisa.
We then separated for a week. Gayle and David remained in Tuscany while Carol and I traveled to Abruzzo spending time with Carol's family in Campo diGiove (including a 10-hour feast) and Sulmona. We also visited L'Aquila, Pescara, Orsogna, Pescocostanzo, Capestrano and Pettorano
Joining up again in Arezzo, we then stayed with our friends in Garlate(Lecco) touring Bellagio, Bergamo, the mountains and lakes including their mountain summer home accessible via an access road with 54 hairpin turns (Carol counted them). We visited Bergamo, then on to Stresa (Lago Maggiore) for a couple of days.
Next we visited Gayle's relatives in Cuorgne' and Locana for a few days, including an afternoon watching the annual 'battle of the cows.' Traveling south through the Maritime Alps, we finished up with a day in Nice and a visit to the 'old city.'
We had a wonderful trip, fantastic food, personal tour guides with family and friends.
Now, to process the digital pix and video!!
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